Happy Donut Day Giveaway

Love + Donuts = Pure Bliss

What better way to celebrate National Donut Day 

than with a Love and Donuts Necklace Giveaway?

To enter all you need to do is follow me on Instagram 

and tag a friend in a comment on this Giveaway post.

You can enter as many times as you'd like 

until this Sunday, June 7, 2015 at midnight PST.

Winner will be chosen at random 

and will win a necklace for themselves and one for the person they tagged 

Please see my Instagram Post for full giveaway rules.

How to Print and Enjoy Instagram Photos (and fun ways to use your prints)

I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. I have been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. Opinions are 100% my own.

I love Instagram and I love Walgreens.

To be able to print my Instagram Photos, 

from my phone, 

with a few quick clicks on the Walgreens Mobile App ,

and pick them up within an hour...

it's a dream!

I love Instagram because it is 

Visual and Simple.

I love the Walgreens Mobile App because it is

Visual and Simple...

Click on the photos you would like printed at the

Walgreen Photo Lab of your choice,

 and within an hour they are ready to pick up.

(really, I got an email 15 minutes later to tell me they were ready)

For some reason Instagram photos are just more fun to me.

Maybe it is because they are a little "slice of life", 

maybe it is the cool filters you can use, maybe it is the square shape.

I love that I am able to capture moments in time.

sometimes it is in just

one shot...

(my favorite picture of Jack flying a kite, printed at Walgreens in the 8" x 8" size)

sometimes it is a special series of pics...

(our Summer trip to Southern California)

sometimes it is a theme...

(like photographing pretty food)

Regardless, 

it is a thrill to have my favorite images off of the phone and in my hand!

With our summer photos,

 I made a quick and easy flip book using:

4" x 4" Instagram photos 

(printed at Walgreens, using my App of course!)

wood frames 

(from Michael's and I was beyond thrilled to find them in the 4"x4" size!)

book rings

stapler

I did a fast stain of the frames...

stapled the pictures on the back...

attached the rings...

and now we are flipping through the memories...

I then decided to bring my food pictures to life by

attaching the recipe and any special comments onto the back of each...

and displayed them in the kitchen for easy access and for everyone to enjoy...

Thank you Walgreens,

 for help take my photos out of cyberspace!

Oh, and my teenager has now decided to "wallpaper"

one side of her room with her Instagram Printed Photos.

But it is inexpensive and all her own "art", 

how can I argue with that?

 Follow Walgreens on Facebook and Twitter

and for more fun ideas for using Instagram Photos,

check out the Walgreens Mobile App Pinterest Page!

Whatever goes Wednesday, I've Gotta Create, Bloom Designs, Tidy Mom, Shabby Nest, Be Different Act Normal, Monday Funday, Sunday Showcase, Skip to my Lou, Project Inspired

The Instagram Bar Mitzvah

I had the best time planning a recent

Instagram Bar Mitzvah.

Fresh, Modern and #SoMuchFun!...

Months ago, Jason's mom and I were brainstorming party ideas.

She wanted to do something with his favorite things.

As we mulled it over and it suddenly dawned on her,

Instagram would be the PERFECT theme.

Most 13 year olds are on Instagram,
and there were so many ways to incorporate it into the party

It started with the simple
Instagram Logo inspired invitation...

Hashtags would be a major focus,

Glittered Primary Colored Hashtags 

(playing off the rainbow stripe in the logo)

floated above the Lounge Area...

His favorite things and nicknames were marked with 

#s and @s

to name the tables...

the Neon Yellow and Silver Escort Cards matched 

the colors of the linens, 

and mimicked his favorite pair of soccer shorts!

As I started to work on the

Candy Buffet,
of course Rainbow was all I could think of.

candies...

gum...

scoops...

#candy, 

indeed!

Vibrant Yellow Flowers in Rainbow Striped Boxes

decorated the adult tables...

and bright, festive hurricanes...

ran down the middle of the kids' tables...

As the night went on,

the guests took pictures with their phones and posted them to Instagram with a special party hashtag.

Those pictures streamed on the screen above the dance floor, 

along with the pictures from the photo booth.  

the party lighting was all in primary colors,

and everything glowed perfectly...

#WhataParty!

also on Southern Lovely, Someday Crafts, I gotta create, Bloom Designs, Tidy Mom. Shabby Nest, Tatertots and Jello, Be Different Act Normal, Too Much Time, Its Overflowing,  Say G'Day, Monday Funday, Under the Table and Dreaming, Skip to my Lou, Project Inspired, Todays Creative

Bar Mitzvah in an "Insta"- Instagram Themed Party

Smile, you are on Instagram!

A fun, contemporary Bar Mitzvah with an Instagram Theme...

Complete with an

"iPhone" displaying fun facts and pictures on the front...

and evening party detail on the back...

(they were printed in the blank space below the likes)

#ItIsGonnaBeAGreatParty

See all of the fun party details HERE

The kids aren't the only one obsessed with Instagram,
I am too.
 Follow me here 

also on Shabby Nest, Tidy Mom, Say G'day, Tatertots and Jello, Six Sisters, be different act normal, Its overflowing, Too much time, Sundae Scoop,  Monday Funday, Sunday Showcase, Skip to my Lou, Today's Creative, Project Inspired, Homework,  Whimsy Wednesday, Bloom Designs, Tidy Mom, Shabby Nest

My Favorites...

We had a great Spring Break,

sunny and relaxing,

it is so hard to get back in the groove!

My favorite shots,
 of and by my favorite people...

Jack Flying a Kite...

and Carolyn's
"Many faces of Easter"...

It is here...Spring Break in an "Insta"

I'm packed...

Some essential reading, sunscreen, flip flops and
my "camera"...

I am taking a short break this week,

but I will be

Instagramming!

@jacomurf

I hope you will join me
 HERE

I would love to follow you...
send me your Instagram name!

Today's Creative, Project Inspire, Frugal Friday